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Alleyn's School#Headmasters

{{Short description|Public school in Dulwich, London}}

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| name = Alleyn's School

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| image = Alleyn's Front of School.jpg

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| caption = Alleyn's School

| motto = All We Can Be

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| address = Townley Road, Dulwich

| city = London

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| postcode = SE22 8SU

| country = England

| coordinates = {{Coord|51|27|17|N|0|04|55|W|region:GB|display=inline,title}}

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| type = Private day school
Public school

| religious_affiliation = Church of England

| established = {{Start date|1619}} as part of Edward Alleyn's College of God's Gift, although separated from Dulwich College in 1882{{Cite web |url=http://www.alleyns.org.uk/page.aspx?id=864 |title=About Alleyn's – History of the School: founded 1619 |access-date=2 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304025633/http://www.alleyns.org.uk/page.aspx?id=864 |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=dead }}

| founder = Edward Alleyn

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| local_authority = Southwark London Borough Council

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| urn = 100864

| ofsted =

| head = Jane Lunnon

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| gender = Co-educational

| age_range = 4–18

| enrolment = 1,252 (2019){{cite web |title=Alleyn's School |url=https://get-information-schools.service.gov.uk/Establishments/Establishment/Details/100864 |website=Get information about schools |publisher=GOV.UK |access-date=11 April 2019 |language=en}}

| capacity = 1,340

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| houses = 8
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| publication = Alleyn's On

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| affiliation = College of God's Gift

| alumni = Alleyn's Old Boys and Girls

| website = {{URL|www.alleyns.org.uk}}

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Alleyn's School is a 4–18 co-educational, independent, day school and sixth form in Dulwich, London, England. It is a registered charity and was originally part of Edward Alleyn's College of God's Gift charitable foundation, which also included James Allen's Girls' School (JAGS) and Dulwich College.{{cite web |url=http://www.alleyns.org.uk/page.aspx?sid=2&cid=9&pid=39 |title=Chaplaincy at Alleyn's |publisher=Alleyns.org.uk |access-date=16 February 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110726114611/http://www.alleyns.org.uk/page.aspx?sid=2&cid=9&pid=39 |archive-date=26 July 2011 |url-status=dead }}

It has been a member school of the Headmasters' and Headmistresses' Conference since 1919.

History

=Edward Alleyn=

File:Edward alleyn.jpg, founder of the school]]

In 1619, Edward Alleyn established his 'College of God's Gift' (the gift of love) with twelve poor scholars.{{cite web|url=http://www.dulwichestate.co.uk/about/index.cfm?id=275|title=Dulwich Estate talks about the history|publisher=Dulwichestate.co.uk|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100324114506/http://www.dulwichestate.co.uk/about/index.cfm?id=275|archive-date=2010-03-24|access-date=16 February 2011}}{{cite web|url=http://www.henslowe-alleyn.org.uk/index.html |title=Home |publisher=Henslowe-Alleyn |date=17 March 2014 |access-date=25 March 2014}}

Alleyn's School is a direct descendant of Edward Alleyn's original foundation and was established as a boys' school in 1882. It still exists as part of a foundation alongside Dulwich College and JAGS;

For the original College of God's Gift, 24 students had to be chosen from the four parishes with which Edward Alleyn had been connected. Saint Giles, Camberwell (in which Dulwich was situated), Saint Saviour, Southwark (where the Bear Pit stood on Bankside), Saint Botolph, Bishopsgate (where Alleyn was born), and Saint Giles, Cripplegate (home to the Fortune Theatre).

Alleyn's became a public school with the election of the Headmaster to the Headmasters' Conference (HMC) in 1919.

=The Lower School=

The 1857 Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the College of God's Gift in Dulwich in the County of Surrey, also known as the Dulwich College Act,[https://archive.org/details/cu31924093630428/page/n124/mode/1up An Act for confirming a Scheme of the Charity Commissioners for the College of God's Gift in Dulwich in the County of Surrey, with certain Alterations], 25 August 1857 mandated that the College of God's Gift be separated into an "Upper School", which became Dulwich College, and a "Lower School" which became Alleyn's. It was redone in 2018 to provide extra classrooms, an assembly room and a play area.https://www.eocengineers.com/en/projects/alleyns-school-lower-school-234

=Separation from the College of God's Gift=

File:White, Sydney W. - The Reverend J. Henry Smith - Google Art Project.jpg.]]

In 1882, the upper school moved to a new site further south and the lower school stayed put, becoming an independent boys' school.

In 1887 it moved to its own site, where the school currently stands. The original school is now the foundation chapel and the offices for the Dulwich Estate, which belongs to the foundation schools.

=Independence and co-education=

It was one of 179 direct grant grammar schools from 1958 until the abolition of that status in 1976; at which point the school was still boys-only. The Governors then opted for outright independence and co-education; Chairman Lord Wolfenden explained the decision in the House of Lords on 12 November 1975:[https://api.parliament.uk/historic-hansard/lords/1975/nov/12/direct-grant-grammar-schools DIRECT GRANT GRAMMAR SCHOOLS, HL Deb 12 November 1975 vol 365], cc1846

As a responsible body of Governors, we were confronted with an extremely difficult decision. The dilemma is this. Should we, as the phrase goes, "take our place within the pattern of the local education authority", or should we, on the other hand, go independent? In relation to the former of those alternatives, there are two relevant considerations. The first is whether the past history and present nature of a school fits in with the overall structure of the pattern of the local education authority for children in the Dulwich area. The answer is that it clearly does not. A long-established grammar school, annually recruited to carry out what has for long been recognised by a substantial number of LEAs as its specific academic purpose, does not easily transform itself overnight into a comprehensive school to serve a limited catchment area. Even if it could do that, with extraordinary metamorphoses of staff and objectives, there is no evidence whatever that any local education authority would be prepared to absorb it. So the dilemma is resolved, your Lordships may say. Yes, but at what cost? Alleyn's School has no option, whatever its wishes might have been, but to go independent.
Doctrines and ideologies apart, what does this mean in real life? It means that there will now be in Dulwich two independent day grammar schools, one of 1,300 boys and the other of 800 boys, within a couple of miles of each other. It also means that in order to maintain Alleyn's as an independent school its fees, with the removal of direct grant, will have to be put up to something like those of its consistently independent neighbour, Dulwich College. What sense does it make to have over 2,000 places in independent boys' grammar schools, at independent school fees, in one district of South London? We, the Governors of Alleyn's 1847 School think it makes no sense at all, so we are intending to make Alleyn's into a co-educational school. Then, in the Dulwich area, there will be an independent boys' school, Dulwich College, an independent girls' school, James Allen's School, and an independent coeducational school, Alleyn's.

Development

File:Alleyn's School in 1922 01.jpg

Alleyn's started developing a new theatre complex, named the Edward Alleyn Building, on 10 February 2007. The £8.5 million building was completed in 2008 and had a Grand Gala Opening in 2009.{{Cite web|url=http://www.ajbuildingslibrary.co.uk/projects/display/id/520|title = Edward Alleyn Building, Alleyn's School | AJ Buildings Library}}

Extra-curricular activities

The school has one of the largest Combined Cadet Forces in the country, where students can choose between joining the Royal Navy Section, Army Section or RAF Section.{{Cite web|url=http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2013/public/alleyns |title=Schools Guide 2013 – Alleyn's |access-date=2 March 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141129074106/http://www.tatler.com/guides/schools-guide/2013/public/alleyns |archive-date=29 November 2014 |url-status=dead }} The Alleyn's CCF is led mainly by its Cadet NCOs who are Sixth Form students responsible for teaching the younger cadets. These are led by a team of Senior Cadet NCOs under the Cadet RSM and members of adult staff. These Cadet Force adult volunteers have a range of military, civilian or teaching backgrounds.

The Alleyn's CCF offers a JNCO CADRE, a unique leadership and advanced infantry training programme, as well as visits to European Battlefields, military bases in England and Wales, and recent courses in Northern Sweden and Cyprus. The Alleyn's CCF takes part in annual parades in Dulwich Village with the contingents of Dulwich College and JAGS on Remembrance Sunday. For Remembrance Sunday 2022, Alleyn's was invited to provide a stair party of cadets from the Army Section for the arrival of HM the King at the Cenotaph in London.

The CCF is also closely linked to the Alleyn's School Rifle Club which competes in various cadet smallbore and fullbore target rifle competitions.

DofE is also offered, with students taking part in volunteering, skills based activities and a final expedition at the end of the year.

Music and Drama also form a large part of life at Alleyn's with the Michael Croft Theatre (MCT) being a point of pride for the school's Drama department who put on shows there. The music at Alleyn's is equally distinguished, with performances at the Royal Festival Hall and St John's, Smith Square, as well as music tours to Italy, France and Poland.

Heads of the school

  • 1882–1902: Rev. J. Henry Smith (head of the Lower School at Dulwich, 1875–1882)[https://www.dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk/explore-the-collection/551-600/the-reverend-j-henry-smith/ "The Reverend J. Henry Smith"], dulwichpicturegallery.org.uk, accessed 31 January 2021
  • 1919–1940: R. B. HendersonThe Education Outlook, Volumes 70-72 (1919), p. 29: "Mr. R. B. Henderson , headmaster of the Strand School, Brixton Hill, has been appointed headmaster of Alleyn's School, Dulwich."
  • 1945–1963: S. R. HudsonWhitaker’s Almanack 1961 (Joseph Whitaker, 1961), p. 538
  • 1963–1966: Charles W. Lloyd"Lloyd, Charles William" in Who’s Who 1997, page 1186, (London: A. & C. Black, 1997), p. 1186
  • 1967–1976: J. L. FannerWhitaker’s Almanack 1976 (Joseph Whitaker, 1976), p. 535
  • 1976–1990: D. A. FennerWhitaker’s Almanack 1985 (Joseph Whitaker, 1985), p. 535
  • 1992–2002: Dr Colin H. R. Niven[https://everything2.com/title/Colin+Niven "Colin Niven"], everything2.com, 26 January 2023
  • 2002 - 2010: Dr Colin Diggory{{Cite web |date=2018-02-08 |title=Alleyn’s |url=https://guidetoindependentschools.com/business-directory/alleyns/ |access-date=2024-02-18 |website=Guide to Independent Schools |language=en-US}}
  • 2010–2020: Dr Gary Savage[https://www.alleyns.org.uk/senior-school/aboutalleyns/news/details/~board/senior-school/post/announcement-from-the-chair-of-governors "Announcement from the Chair of Governors"], alleyns.org.uk, 25 November 2019
  • 2020: Mr Andy Skinnard
  • 2021– : Jane Lunnon[https://www.rsacademics.com/blog/jane-lunnon-appointed-as-new-head-of-alleyns "Jane Lunnon appointed as new head of Alleyn's"], rsacademics.com, accessed 31 January 2021

Alleyn's Old Boys and Girls

{{See also|Category:People educated at Alleyn's School}}

School alumni are known as Alleyn Old Boys and Girls, or Alleyn's Old Boys and Girls. This should not be confused with Old Alleynians, the name of Dulwich College alumni.

Gallery

File:AlleynsSchoolMainBuilding.jpg|Main entrance

File:Alleyn's School, Dulwich, front of main building.jpg|Front of the main building of Alleyn's School

File:AlleynsSchoolBuildingWorks.jpg|Building work commencing on the new Edward Alleyn Building

File:Alleyns School Student Playing Fives.jpg|Two Alleyn's students playing Fives

File:Alleyn’s School, Lower School building.jpg|Lower School building

File:St Barnabas and Alleyn’s School, 2020.jpg|Alleyn's main building (right) and Saint Barnabas' Church (left)

References

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Bibliography

  • {{cite book|title=Alleyn's - the Co-educational School|isbn=9780946095339|author=Chandler, Arthur|publisher=Gresham Books Ltd|date=October 1998 |mode= cs2}}
  • {{cite journal|title=Alleyn's and Rossall Schools: The Second World War, Experience and Status (Issue 18 of Educational administration and history monograph)|issn=0140-0428|author=Donald P. Leinster-Mackay|journal=Educational Administration and History Monograph- University of Leeds|publisher=Museum of the History of Education, University of Leeds|date=1990|pages=51 pages| mode= cs2 |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=6YclAQAAIAAJ}}

External links

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  • {{Official website|https://www.alleyns.org.uk/}}

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